Study Suggests a New Weapon
In Fight Against Heart Disease

BOSTON -- Judah Folkman, the Harvard scientist whose discovery of two powerful anticancer compounds caused a stir in cancer research last year, now stands to shake up the field of heart disease.

In mouse experiments at Dr. Folkman's laboratory at Children's Hospital here, researchers say, they blocked the development of artery-clogging deposits known as plaques with substances that choke off their blood supply.